vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-16248): libcatalyst-plugin-static-simple-perl vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Nov 1, 2017
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Jul 28, 2025

Description

The Catalyst-Plugin-Static-Simple module before 0.34 for Perl allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files if there is a '.' character anywhere in the pathname, which differs from the intended policy of allowing access only when the filename itself has a '.' character.

Solution

no-fix-ubuntu-package
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